The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-12-24

" N''fA 49, - sNt 'N' 80
toes iy ye peepin' out an sayin' goo
mornin' t We every time ye're putin
| thin on! By tn ould gray goat vel
not fond out where she's Twin, so y,
won't, me daddy buck"
Then Mrs. Firms heart smota her
She saw the grief on her boys face
She saw his eycliAs heavy with unshet
tears. and she tried to comfort him.
Now. Mickey, me by. nivcr moind
the cat. an I'll make a little cake fun
We wild a Yankee flag stuck in TIL
middle, so ! will, an We can ate it al
yerseI, widout any one akin We fur a
mouthful. Now ye go t bed, like a
good by, an in tn mornin' yell for.
git all about til cat"
Little Mike went into the bedroom
and removed his eloquent shoes. He
sat on the edge of his trundle bed,
and the moor came up over Stumpy
Field andlooked in the window. These
were the hours which had been cheered
by the presence of the cat. These
were the times when the cat had
rubbed herself back and forth against
his ankles. and had looked up in his
| face inviting a caress. The renlenl-
brance of these past scenes came to
him with bitterness now at the
thought Of his loss, and he resolved to
start out in search of her. Softly
opening the door into the kitchen,
he saw that his mother had gone out
to chat with a ~neighbor. He secured
his little iron savings bank from
the mantle, closed the door softly be.
hind him. and stepped out into the Old
Point road. The undertaking of the
boy was Quixotic. His knowledge OF
the locality where the lady lived who
had bought the cat was meager, but
he kept stoutly on up the road, but.
toning his coat tightly up about his
neck, for the night was chill. When
he reached the vicinity of the church
he stopped and hesitated. There was
q long row of what to his eyes were
mansions, with lace curtains behind
the windows, across the street; but in
which one of these the lady lived was
what troubled him. But the easiest
way out of his dilemma, Mickey
thought, was to take each house in
aud inquire if any of the inmates
had bought anew cat that day. Mickey
went up the steps of the first house
with fear and trembling. He pulled
Oil the bell-handle, and heard the bell
jingle family down the long hall.
Then a heavy step came to the door,
4 big nan with gray hair con-
him.
well, boy, what dye want?'
'M-m-m-m-ister, did a Teddy buy a
cat to-day?' said Mickey. wishing that
he was safely down in the street.
'Yes, | presume a great many ladies
been foolish enough to buy cats
But you get out of here, or
III set the dog on YOU"
The door slammed in the boys face,
md he was half tempted to give up the
search. His courage returned, how
,ver, and at the he yt house the servant
TO the door, who told him that
HE thought the folks next door had
a new cat.
WAS it a w-w-w-whitc one?" said
title Mickey. taking his savings bank
of his pocket.
''Yis, Think twas a white wan. wild
| blue ribbon on its neck" replied the
crvant.
A minute later the bell in the next
louse jingIed a warning TO the III.
and a pretty little girl came to
he door. After a brief parley with
he visitor she ran back intothe sitting
DOM and reclaimed:
Mamma, here's an Irish boy after
,ur Cat.'
Bring him in, Alice" said the
mother.
As Mickey stood under the radiant
chandelier in the sitting-room, with
lis eyes dazzIed by the light, and his
altered hat in his hand, there was a
,lcam Of white fur in the air, and the
ost cat lit on his shoulder and began
0 rub her damp nose against his face.
claspea her in his arms and
his face in her soft fur. Then
&c unbuttonel his vest and placed her
nugly against his bosom. with only
Ter head out between the buttons. He
ooked around toward the door, and
lad made a step in that direction
When his native manliness restrained
lin.
Nam" said he to the lady who had
'een watching the little drama with
moist eyes, II amt got only forty
in my bank, but If you'll let me
axe my cat away wild me I'll bring
e tn rest Q, dc money soon as l gets
Drawing the iron safe from his
pocket, Mickey dumped the contents
nut upon tho marblc-top table and
dyed toward the door. for il his offer
lad been refus ed he would have to run.
The lady gathered up the pennies from
he table and replaced them in the
)ank, together with a liberal addition